UID:
almafu_9959402916702883
Format:
1 online resource (272 pages).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-5261-2472-6
,
1-5261-2471-8
Series Statement:
Theatre: theory, practice, performance
Content:
Death in modern theatre offers a unique account of modern Western theatre, focusing on the ways in which dramatists and theatre-makers have explored historically informed ideas about death and dying in their work. It investigates the opportunities theatre affords to reflect on the end of life in a compelling and socially meaningful fashion. In a series of interrelated, mostly chronological, micronarratives beginning in the late nineteenth century and ending in the early twenty-first century, this book considers how and why death and dying are represented at certain historical moments using dramaturgy and aesthetics that challenge audiences' conceptions, sensibilities, and sense-making faculties. It includes a mix of well-known and lesser-known plays from an international range of dramatists and theatre-makers, and offers original interpretations through close reading and performance analysis.
Note:
Introduction : stages of mortality -- Beyond the veil : sensing death in symbolist theatre -- Fantastical representations of death in First World War drama -- The absurd drama of modern death denial -- Theatres of catastrophe after Auschwitz and Hiroshima -- The drama of dying in the early twenty-first century -- Conclusion : unending.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5261-2470-X
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.7765/9781526124715
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